Casing for smoking pipes



July T7, 1923. 1,462,277 IL. GRAVEURE I CASING FOR SMOKING PIPES FiledSept. 21, 1921 INVENTOR [audaraw 6 BY 1w ATTgRNEYpzg Patented July 17,1923.

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Be it known that .1, Louis GRAvEURE, ,a subject of the King of Belgium,and a resident of the city, county, and State of New York, have inventeda certain new and useful- Improvement in Casings for Smoking Pipes, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an outerorna:

mental casing for a smoking pipe and the object of this invention is toprovide an article of this character particularly adapted for use inconnection with corn-cob pipes or other cheaper grades of smoking pipeswhich are notgenerally used because oftheirap- It is well known that theordinary corncob pipe possesses excellent smoking qualities but because.of its appearance and cheapness, it is not generally used.

The main object therefore for this invention is to provide an ornamentalcasing. for the bowl of a corn-cob pipe or other cheap grade of pipepossessing good smoking qualities, so that the exterior appearance ofthe pipe will be greatly enhanced and the exist.- ing objections to theuse of such a pipe will be obviated. Y

VViththese objects and other objects which may hereinafter appear, inView, I have tie-- vised a particular arrangement of parts hereinafterset forth and more particularly pointed out in the claimsappended'hereto.

Reference is to be had to the accompanybig drawings, forming a parthereof in which Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of a pipe bowl andcasing therefor;

Figure 2 is a front elevation of the casing shown in Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a side elevation'of a modified form of casing, and

Figure 4 is a vertical sectional view of the casing disclosed in Figure3 and the pipe I bowl held therein.

Throughout the various views of the drawings similar referencecharacters designate similar parts.

In the preferred embodiment of my invention as disclosed in theaccompanying drawings, 1 indicates the casing, which is adapted tocontain a bowl 2 of a corn cob or other pipe. The casing is preferablyof cylindrical or tubular nature and may be made of a polished metalperforated with ornamental designs of any desired character, several ofApplication 'filed September 21, 1921. Serial uoqsoaaei;

which maybe as disclosed in the accompanyingdrawing. In the formofmyinvention as disclosed in Figures 1 and 2, the upper and-lower ends ofthe tubular casing 1 are threaded at 3 and 4 for the reception of'thetop and bottom plates 5 and 6 of the casing. The bottom plate 6 is shownin the nature of a concavoconvex disk provided with internal threadswhich are received on the threads at. The top plate 5 is in the natureof an annular disk adapted to be, threaded upon the threads 3. The topplate 5 is provided with a central aperture which lies in alignment withthe opening in the pipe bowl and-surrounding said apertureis acontinuous in wardl T extendin v flange 7 which overlies b an the upperend of the pipe bowl 2 and re tains the same-withinthe casing. From theside of the casing eXtends an interiorly threaded and preferablyornamented boss which is adapted to receive apipe stem'f-l, said sternbeing provided at its. end with a studlO having a threaded portion 11which threads into the boss 8. The stud 10 projects beyond the casingandintov the stern opening 12 in the bowl of the corn cob or other pipe2 held within the casing. I Figures 3 and 4 is shown a modified form ofpipe casing which is providedwith readily detachable top and bottomplates 13 i and 1 1. The top plate is provided with'the inwardlyextending flange .7, and said top plate 13 and bottom plate Mare eachpro-.

vided with a number of'downwardly extending spring lugs 15 which permitsaid plates 14: and 15 to snap over the ends of the casing 17, saidcasing being flared at its ends as at 18, to permit said plates 13 and14c to snap thereover and be fri'ctionally held thereon. It will be seenfrom the foregoing that I have provided a pipe casing from which thepipe bowl contained within the same is readily removable and which pro-.vides extremely handsome appearance thus obviating the usual objectiontaken to corn cob and other cheap pipes; It is obvious that my improvedcasing may be altered in size and design and that the top and bottomplates may be detachably secured in position in many ways, and variousother modi lications maybe made without departing from the'spirit of myinvention.

hat Tclaim is: 1. An article of the class described prising a casingadapted to, receive a pipe 1 no I coming from one side thereof, a pipebowl received within said member with its stem opening in alignment withsaid boss, means on one end of the member for retaining the pipe bowlwithin said member, and a stem having a threaded end adapted to bereceived in said boss and into the stem opening in the pipe bowl.

Signed at the city, 'county and State of 20 New York, this 3rd day ofJune, 1921.

LOUIS GRAVEURE.

